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TBAISD Superintendents Association . Leadership Academy 2010. Effective Instruction . Association Goal: 100 percent of our students will graduate ready for college, ready for career and ready for a 21 st Century World . .
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TBAISD Superintendents Association Leadership Academy 2010
Effective Instruction Association Goal: 100 percent of our students will graduate ready for college, ready for career and ready for a 21st Century World. To what extent do typical instructional practices within our schools move us closer to attaining this goal? TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010
An expert’s view: “The role of the superintendent is to be the first teacher and first learner within the school district.” TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010
Mike Schmoker’s walk-through “study” Looked for Quality instruction: • Clear objectives, modeling, practice, & assessment • Standards • Students on task Asked: • What are you supposed to be learning? Found: • Poorly designed lessons • Irrelevant activities • Inability to articulate outcomes • Majority of students off task • Teachers focus on those paying attention • Lack of assessment
1500 Classroom observations • Clear evidence of learning 4% • Use of high-yield L&T strategies .2% • Evidence of HOTS 3% • Students using/creating rubrics 0% • Less than 50% of students on task 85% • Students using worksheets 52% • Non-instructional activities occurring 35%
The Challenge of Change Leadership TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010
Implementation • Identify two important things that you and your administrative team could do to improve instruction within in your district. • What should we expect of our principals in this regard? • How might we hold them accountable? TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010
Implementation Continued • How might you use administrative team meetings to reinforce expectations, improve instruction and maintain focus on this initiative as a priority? • As school leaders what could we do to support one another with this process? TBAISD Leadership Academy 2010